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captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: thousands of military men and women will end their service to our country and return home to the civilian workforce. susie, theyll be doing so in a tough economy. >> susie: tom, from officers to enlisted people, the search for work can be a new challenge. but many american businesses are finding opportunity in that challenge. by hiring veterans, they get experienced team players chock full of skills. as suzanne pratt reports, even wall street is tak...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: thousands of military men and women will end their service to our country and return home to the civilian workforce. susie, theyll be doing so in a tough economy. >> susie: tom, from officers to enlisted people, the search for work can be a new challenge. but many american businesses are finding opportunity in that challenge. by hiring veterans, they get experienced team players chock full of skills. as suzanne pratt reports, even wall street is tak...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: thousands of military men and women will end their service to our country and return home to the civilian workforce. susie, theyll be doing so in a tough economy. >> senlisted people, the searchr work can be a new challenge. but many american businesses are finding opportunity in that challenge. by hiring veterans, they get experienced team players chock full of skills. as suzanne pratt reports, even wall street is taking a fresh look at vets. >> re...

[inaudible conversations] >> youre watching the tv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> james wright talks about the experiences of u.s. military veterans going back to the revolutionary war. its up next on book tv, although less than an hour. >> good evening. and on behalf of the marines memorial association, i would like to welcome you to tonights program. on the book, "those who have borne the battle." the author is doctor jim wright, and doctor wri...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: thousands of military men and women will end their service to our country and return home to the civilian workforce. susie, theyll be doing so in a tough economy. >> susie: tom, from officers to enlisted people, the search for work can be a new challenge. but many american businesses are finding opportunity in that challenge. by hiring veterans, they get experienced team players chock full of skills. as suzanne pratt reports, even wall street is tak...

captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: thousands of military men and women will end their service to our country and return home to the civilian workforce. susie, theyll be doing so in a tough economy. >> susie: tom, from officers to enlisted people, the search for work can be a new challenge. but many american businesses are finding opportunity in that challenge. by hiring veterans, they get experienced team players chock full of skills. as suzanne pratt reports, even wall street is tak...

certain. and the ramification if something happened would be huge. especially for the united states and others in the region. .. >> the other is dr. james wright is an american historian, president emeritus of dartmouth college and a marine. i and the director emeritus of the memorial association board of directors. first a few quick words of the non-profit federal organization chartered to commemorate the valor of members of the united states armed forces killed lost or died in milita...

veterans organization chartered to honor the memory of and commemorate the valor of members of the united states armed forces who were killed, lost or who died in military service. among its list of duties, amongst the list of duties for the marines memorial association is were responsible for maintaining this extraordinary club, the marines memorial club. as a living memorial to those who have gone before and to pay tribute to those who carry on. to learn more about our organization, ...

Over. our returning marines know it and theyre doing something about it. we checked in with liz for a status report since we first met in washington. first the sustainable energy. theyre the ones that gave liz her post-war training and now theyre working with other vets from camp pendleton for a clean energy future. >> the skills, the training and the discipline they get in the armed forces traditionally is a good fit for the skills that are needed in this arena. you need somebody who is able to...

Would be looking at alternatives so much more rapidly, a whole remake of the automotive system cook right up there on the horizon if we had a few changes in the way in which cars were built. the new fuel efficiency would be great for using less oil, but theres just a whole energy remake if we could ever get our heads around a comprehensive holistic energy plan. >> but if we look at the assets we do have post war america with rosy the riveter with liz perez, right, in this generation, not to ment...